Police investigating the 2024 stabbing attack on President Lee Jae-myung, which has been designated as a terrorist act, have again moved to search and seize records from the National Assembly Intelligence Committee.
The Korean National Police Agency National Office of Investigation (NOI) Gadeokdo terror incident task force began around 9:30 a.m. on the 13th to carry out search-and-seizure operations focused on the Intelligence Committee, targeting the National Intelligence Service and the Office for Government Policy Coordination Counterterrorism Center.
The closed-door minutes of the National Assembly Intelligence Committee meeting held in September have been reported as a key target for the search and seizure. The minutes are said to include questions from committee lawmakers and answers from the National Intelligence Service (NIS) related to a person surnamed Kim who brandished a weapon at the president.
National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik and Intelligence Committee Chairperson Shin Sung-beom were reportedly discussing again whether to allow access to the minutes, following the previous day. Chairperson Shin says that because the Intelligence Committee minutes fall under a "confidentiality clause," the speaker should not consent to the execution of the search warrant.